26 Rules for People Who Practice Yoga

Our yoga practice isn’t just about getting our heels to touch the mat in Down Dog, and it’s not just about the time we spend on the mat either. Yoga is a lifestyle – a way of life – and if you practice yoga, then you’re aware of the monumental impact it can have on your life.

As yogis, we have a responsibility to lead by example. Whether it’s a small courtesy in the yoga room or a grand outlook on life, our actions can create a positive ripple effect to help the world be a better, more compassionate and accepting place.

Here Are 26 Rules People Who Practice Yoga Should Follow:

1. Yoga is more about what you do off the mat than on the mat. If you haven’t realized that yet, you’re not yet a yogi.

2. Yoga is not about how flexible your body is. It’s about obtaining a flexible mind.

6. Your 200hr YTT doesn’t make you a yoga teacher. Only teaching yoga can do that.

7. Going to India doesn’t make you enlightened. Only practice does that.

8. When your teacher tries to start class, please stop talking. Even if you’re in the back. Everyone can still hear you.

9. Practicing on a $100 mat doesn’t make you better than the person next to you. Practicing on a hand-me-down mat doesn’t either. Stop judging people for their haves or have-nots. We’re all in this to be healthier, happier individuals so that we can be a happier, healthier whole.

10. If you practice yoga to be cool, everyone can tell. And that’s not cool.

11. You don’t have to be vegan to practice yoga. That’s just silly – yoga is for everybody.

23. Check your judgemental attitude at the door. No one believes you’re being a jerk “out of love.”

24. Get uncomfortable.

25. When you get uncomfortable, breathe and remember that everything is temporary.

26. LIVE your namaste.

If You Practice Yoga, Then Apply These Rules to Your Life

If you’re a yogi then you have experienced first hand how incredibly transformative yoga can be. This is why as yogis, we must set the example to inspire others to also live a yoga lifestyle that’s centered on compassion, open mindedness, and love.

Live your yoga on and off your mat, and together we can raise the vibration! Namaste.

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